Alternative Toronto: 1980 - 1995

A community archive and historical map of Torontos alternative cultures, scenes and spaces of the 1980s and early 1990s.

Abstract: What is Alternative Toronto? A community archive and historical map of Toronto's alternative cultures, scenes and spaces of the 1980s and early 1990s.

Our mandate: To document the history of Toronto's alternative communities from 1980 to 1995 by creating a digital repository to which anyone with materials can contribute. Alternative Toronto uses open source archival tools to help visitors learn about this history in a way that is publicly accessible and in the public interest. As historians, archivists and activists, we are committed to the practice of critical community history.